Alizeh Kohari

In 2018, Pakistan passed one of the most progressive gender identity laws in the world, allowing its citizens to identify however they wish: no state questioning, no medical examinations. This is the story of how that came to be. pipewrenchmag.com/pakistans-khwa…

@eve_sdropping Thank you for reading! 💛

adimagazine.com/articles/aspha… why do flows within the global South necessarily have to be channelled, refracted through the West? so good I could scream thank you @AlizehKohari

@AqdasAfzal @WorldBank @ADB_HQ @sherryrehman @betterpakistan @nybooks Thank you for reading and sharing!

Hands down, one of the finest pieces on recent tragic #floods in #Pakistan by @AlizehKohari. @WorldBank @ADB_HQ pay attention to this piece; listen to what the people are saying...#Sindh #Balochistan #COP27 @sherryrehman @betterpakistan nybooks.com/articles/2022/… via @nybooks

@AyeshDibs Hi Ayesha, feel free to reach out at the email address up top :)

@AlizehKohari Hi Alizeh, can u plz follow back? Need to talk 🌺

For @nybooks, on the floods in Pakistan and the double bind we find ourselves in, wrt our vast and clunky canal irrigation infrastructure: nybooks.com/articles/2022/…

@maxpearl @nybooks Thank you for reading!

(If you would like to read the piece but are unable to access it, please email me and I'll hook you up!)

And lastly, a reminder of what is at stake (photos by @KohiMarri, from our reporting travels a lifetime ago):

@pipewrenchmag ♥️♥️♥️

We: published an issue built around a story from Pakistan, by an amazing Pakistani writer You: read the story and liked the tweet Pakistan: would appreciate that, but is underwater at the moment Join us in giving what you can to support the 33 million displaced people.

And while you’re here, I hope you will check out @pipewrenchmag's entire nonbinary issue, featuring queer voices from across the world, including our own @TMItalks and @Sl_afsar. Start here: pipewrenchmag.com

A huge thank you to dream editor @michelleinchief for shepherding this story, Matt Giles and fave @SiddiquiZuha for meticulous factchecking, and Sana Nasir for her incredible illustration of Bindiya. You can explore the iconography in the portrait here: pipewrenchmag.com/issue-seven-il…

In 2018, Pakistan passed one of the most progressive gender identity laws in the world, allowing its citizens to identify however they wish: no state questioning, no medical examinations. This is the story of how that came to be. pipewrenchmag.com/pakistans-khwa…